My views have changed over the years.

I think that AfroAmericans should absolutely celebrate the 4th of July.

Most of our people are doing it ANYWAY by taking the day off, bar-b-queuing and setting off fire works....whether or not they're actually making a political statement.

However as more and more Latinos and Asians come into this country and try to take our place, we need to be steadfast on our "Americaness".
We shouldn't let other people take our spot as "true and patriotic Americans" only for us to sit in a corner somewhere with our arms folded and a mean look on our faces crying about how this isn't out country anyway.

No.

This IS our country.

Our Ancestors were born, sweated, and died on this land and left it to us.

It just as much if not more OUR country than to the racist Whites who try to claim it all to themselves.
Most of them are of Irish and German ancestry that doesn't go beyond the late 19th century; while most AfroAmericans have Ancestry going back into the 1700s.

IMO, AfroAmericans should celebrate or not as they see fit. Same goes for every other holiday.

More importantly, AfroAmericans should be trying to figure out collectively how to get reparations for what our ancestors built.😎